Every law Congress has passed

453 laws of the 65th Congress, 1917–1919

1. An Act To amend section four of Chapter V of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen,” approved July ninth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and to make said amendment retroactive.

   Ch. 80 · 40 Stat. 1211 · February 28, 1919 · Original text

2. An Act To amend the fiftieth article of war.

   Ch. 81 · 40 Stat. 1211 · February 28, 1919 · Original text

3. An Act To authorize the payment of allotments out of the pay of enlisted men in certain cases in which these payments have been discontinued.

   Ch. 82 · 40 Stat. 1212 · February 28, 1919 · Original text

4. An Act To extend the time for the completion of the dams across the Savannah River by authority granted to Twin City Power Company by an Act approved February twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by Acts approved June third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and March first, nineteen hundred and sixteen.

   Ch. 83 · 40 Stat. 1212 · February 28, 1919 · Original text

5. Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of a memorial to Francis Asbury.

   Ch. 84 · 40 Stat. 1213 · February 28, 1919 · Original text

6. Joint Resolution To suspend the legal requirements of assessment work on mining claims in Alaska for the years nineteen hundred and seventeen, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and nineteen hundred and nineteen, and extending to that Territory the provisions of public resolution numbered ten, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and public resolution numbered twelve, Sixty-fifth Congress, approved October fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 85 · 40 Stat. 1213 · February 28, 1919 · Original text

7. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 86 · 40 Stat. 1213 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

8. An Act To fix the time of holding court in the Amarillo division of the northern district of Texas.

   Ch. 87 · 40 Stat. 1270 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

9. An Act To repeal the last proviso of section four of an Act to establish the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes, approved January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fifteen.

   Ch. 88 · 40 Stat. 1270 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

10. An Act To provide for the fitting up of quarters in the post-office building at the city of Sacramento, California, for the accommodation of the district court of the northern district of California and its officers.

    Ch. 89 · 40 Stat. 1271 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

11. An Act Providing for an increase of authorization for the Federal Building at Steubenville, in the State of Ohio.

    Ch. 90 · 40 Stat. 1271 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

12. An Act To extend the time for the construction by Kratka Township of a bridge across the Red Lake River, in Pennington County, Minnesota.

    Ch. 91 · 40 Stat. 1271 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

13. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the county of Halifax, in the State of North Carolina, to construct a bridge across the Roanoke River.

    Ch. 92 · 40 Stat. 1272 · March 1, 1919 · Original text

14. An Act For the establishment of Gulfport, Mississippi, as a port of entry and delivery for immediate transportation without appraisement of dutiable merchandise.

    Ch. 93 · 40 Stat. 1272 · March 2, 1919 · Original text

15. An Act To provide relief in cases of contracts connected with, the prosecution of the war, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 94 · 40 Stat. 1272 · March 2, 1919 · Original text

16. An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 95 · 40 Stat. 1275 · March 2, 1919 · Original text

17. An Act To amend an Act to provide for the appointment of a commission to standardize screw threads.

    Ch. 96 · 40 Stat. 1291 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

18. An Act To provide for the fourteenth and subsequent decennial Censuses.

    Ch. 97 · 40 Stat. 1291 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

19. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to provide hospital and sanatorium facilities for discharged sick and disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines.

    Ch. 98 · 40 Stat. 1302 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

20. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 99 · 40 Stat. 1305 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

21. An Act To amend the Liberty Bond Acts and the War Finance Corporation Act, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 100 · 40 Stat. 1309 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

22. An Act To amend sections seven, ten, and eleven of the Federal reserve Act, and section fifty-one hundred and seventy-two, Revised Statutes of the United States.

    Ch. 101 · 40 Stat. 1314 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

23. An Act To include certain lands in the counties of Modoc and Siskiyou, California, in the Modoc National Forest, California, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 102 · 40 Stat. 1316 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

24. An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, consider, and determine certain claims of the Cherokee Nation against the United States.

    Ch. 103 · 40 Stat. 1316 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

25. An Act To grant certain lands to the town of Olathe, Colorado, for the protection of its water supply.

    Ch. 104 · 40 Stat. 1317 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

26. An Act To authorize construction of a lock And dam in Old River, in the State of Texas, and the making of improvements enabling the passage of fresh water from a portion of Trinity River above the mouth of Old River into Old River above such lock and dam, and for the protection of rice crops against salt water.

    Ch. 105 · 40 Stat. 1317 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

27. An Act To authorize the contesting and cancellation of certain homestead entries, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 106 · 40 Stat. 1318 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

28. An Act To add certain lands to the Minam National Forest, Oregon.

    Ch. 107 · 40 Stat. 1319 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

29. An Act Providing for the appraisal and sale of the Gig Harbor abandoned military reservation in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 108 · 40 Stat. 1319 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

30. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent in fee simple to the National Lincoln-Douglass Sanatorium and Consumptive Hospital Association (a corporation), of Denver, Colorado, for a certain-described tract of land.

    Ch. 109 · 40 Stat. 1320 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

31. An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands in South Dakota for cemetery purposes.

    Ch. 110 · 40 Stat. 1320 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

32. An Act To grant to citizens of Malheur County, Oregon, the right to cut timber in the State of Idaho for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove such timber to Malheur County, Oregon.

    Ch. 111 · 40 Stat. 1321 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

33. An Act Granting to members of the Army Nurse Corps (female) and Navy Nurse Corps (female). Army field clerks, field clerks, Quartermaster Corps, and civil employees of the Army pay and allowances during any period of involuntary captivity by the enemy of the United States.

    Ch. 112 · 40 Stat. 1321 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

34. An Act To validate and confirm certain erroneously allowed entries in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 113 · 40 Stat. 1321 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

35. An Act Providing for the extension of time for the reclamation of certain lands in the State of Oregon under the Carey Act.

    Ch. 114 · 40 Stat. 1322 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

36. An Act To grant to citizens of Modoc County, California, the right to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove such timber to Modoc County, California.

    Ch. 115 · 40 Stat. 1322 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

37. An Act Creating a Commission for the maintenance, control, care, and so forth, of the Perry’s victory memorial on Put in Bay Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 116 · 40 Stat. 1322 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

38. Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the payment of the usual compensation of Representatives in Congress to those Members of the House who have been discharged from their military or naval duties.

    Ch. 117 · 40 Stat. 1324 · March 3, 1919 · Original text

39. An Act For the relief of Mrs. W. E. Crawford.

    Ch. 118 · 40 Stat. 1530 · March 3, 1919 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act To compensate Thomas G. Allen for injuries received while employed in the General Land Office of the United States, and making an appropriation therefor.

    Ch. 119 · 40 Stat. 1530 · March 3, 1919 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 120 · 40 Stat. 1531 · March 3, 1919 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 121 · 40 Stat. 1536 · March 3, 1919 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act To amend and reenact an Act for the establishment of a probation system for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. 122 · 40 Stat. 1324 · March 4, 1919 · Original text

44. An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920.

    Ch. 123 · 40 Stat. 1325 · March 4, 1919 · Original text

45. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 124 · 40 Stat. 1336 · March 4, 1919 · Original text

46. An Act To enable the President to carry out the price guaranties made to producers of wheat of the crops of nineteen hundred and eighteen and nineteen hundred and nineteen and to protect the United States against undue enhancement of its liabilities thereunder.

    Ch. 125 · 40 Stat. 1348 · March 4, 1919 · Original text

47. An Act Validating certain applications for and entries of public lands, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 126 · 40 Stat. 1538 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 127 · 40 Stat. 1546 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act Striking from the pension roll the name of Jennie M. Heath.

    Ch. 128 · 40 Stat. 1553 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of said war.

    Ch. 129 · 40 Stat. 1553 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and Bailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 130 · 40 Stat. 1562 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, and to widows of such soldiers and sailors.

    Ch. 131 · 40 Stat. 1572 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act For the relief of the claimants of certain unsurveyed lands in Mississippi County, Arkansas.

    Ch. 132 · 40 Stat. 1577 · March 4, 1919 · Private law · Original text